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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng
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Dave Eggers
Based closely on true experiences of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled their war-ravaged country to come to the United States in the mid-1980s, this novel is heartbreaking and arresting, filled with adventure, suspense, tragedy, and, finally, triumph.
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Best American Nonrequired Reading
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D Eggers
These pieces--both fiction and nonfiction--have been culled by Dave Eggers from many diverse publications, and are geared toward 20-something readers. They include work from Eric Schlosser, David Sedaris, Gary Smith, Rodney Rothman, and the Onion.
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Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Dave Eggers
'Heartbreaking? Certainly. Staggering? Yes, I'd say so. And if genius is capturing the universal in a fresh and memorable way, call it that too' - Anthony Quinn, "Sunday Times". 'Is this how all orphans would speak - 'I am at once pitiful and monstrous, I know' - if they had Dave Eggers' prodigious linguistic gifts. For he does write wonderfully, ...
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How We Are Hungry
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Dave Eggers
Eggers presents his first collection of short stories. The characters are roaming, searching, and often struggling, and revelations do not always arrive on schedule. Precisely crafted and boldly experimental, "How We Are Hungry" simultaneously embraces and expands the boundaries of the short story.
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You Shall Know Our Velocity
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Dave Eggers
In his first novel, Dave Eggers has written a moving and hilarious tale of two friends who fly around the world trying to give away a lot of money and free themselves from a profound loss.It reminds us once again what an important, necessary talent Dave Eggers is.
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What Is the What
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Dave Eggers
In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States.
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Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector
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Stephen Goldsmith, William D Eggers
Examines for the first time the US government's transformation from centralized control over public programmes to facilitating services through networks of nongovernmental entities, as seen through the experience of dozens of public innovators.
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Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers
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Daniel Moulthrop, Ninive Clements Calegari, Dave Eggers
Now in paperback and with a new Preface by the authors comes the bestselling call to action for improving the working lives of public school teachers--and improving classrooms along the way.
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Mosby's Front Office Skills for the Medical Assistant
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De A Eggers, Anne M Conway
The text uses a straightforward, professional tone to teach the reader through example. Basic material is built upon, chapter by chapter, moving toward more complex concepts and procedures as the student gains knowledge. Opening chapters contain background information about the administrative medical assistant and the medical profession. The ...
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One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies
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Sarah Manguso, Dave Eggers, Deb Olin Unferth
This set brings together three works by the short-story genres most exciting writers: Eggers "How the Water Feels to the Fishes"; Sarah Mangusos "Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape"; and Deb Olin Unferths "Minor Robberies." Each authors work comes in its own hardcover volume.
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The Sovereignty of Art: Aesthetic Negativity in Adorno and Derrida
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Christoph Menke-Eggers, Christopher Menke, Neil Solomon, M.D., Ph.D. (Translator)
Discussions of aesthetics, whether in the hermeneutic or the analytic tradition, generally understand the place of art and aesthetic experience according to a model of "autonomy". This is one of the many modes of experience that make up the realm of reason, situated beside the other "spheres of value". In contrast, Thedor Adorno and Jacques ...
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The Wild Things
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Dave Eggers (Read by)
"The Wild Things" -- based very loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze -- is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. ...
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When Elephants Paint: The Quest of Two Russian Artists to Save the Elephants of Thailand
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Vitaly Komar, & Melamid Komar, David Eggers
In this true account, two acclaimed Russian artists recall how they taught domesticated elephants of Thailand, which were in danger of being overworked, how to paint pictures. By selling the elephants' paintings, the two men were able to buy the animals proper food and care.
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Revolution at the Roots: Making Our Government Smaller, Better and Closer to Home
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William D Eggers, Bill Eggers, John O'Leary
A revolution is sweeping across America's states and cities. From governers such as Christine Todd Whitman in New Jersey, to New York's mayor Rudy Guiliani in New York, the revolutionairies are not just against big government, but also distant government. Groups of citizens have banded together with these enterprising leaders to experiment with a ...
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Government 2.0: Using Technology to Improve Education, Cut Red Tape, Reduce Gridlock, and Enhance Democracy
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William D Eggers
This is a well-written, lively, optimistic book that calls for the transformation of technology in government from lipstick on a bulldog to total information awareness. This book is proactive in nature (see what these governments are really doing), does not call for a wholesale and costly transformation, and employs a subtle shaming of those ...
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Against the World: A Behing-The-Scenes Look at the Portland Trail Blazers' Chase for the NBA Championship
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Dwight Jaynes, Kerry Eggers
The Trail Blazers have risen to the pinnacle of the basketball world but have come away just short of their goal of an NBA championship. The book explores why the Trail Blazers have come up short and looks at the history that led them to the top of their division.
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Times Tales: Times Tables Made Easy!
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Jennie Von Eggers, MJ Flanagan, Dena Wood
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Using Word in the Classroom
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Armand Seguin, Renee M Eggers, Dusti Howell
'Corwin Press has produced an impressive little series of guides to three of the most used pieces of ICT Software: Microsoft PowerPoint, EXCEL and Word. These books, aimed at both the beginner and the intermediate user, are easy to follow, aided by excellent screen-shot graphics. They would make a welcome addition to any school library or ...
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States of Transition: Tackling Government's Toughest Policy and Management Challenges
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Robert N. Campbell III William D. Eggers
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Study Guide to Accompany Mosby's Front Office Skills for the Medical Assistant
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De A Eggers, Anne M Conway
This excellent complement to "Mosby's Front office Skills for the Medical Assistant" includes a great deal of useful and exciting pedagogy, including: case scenarios, checklist for procedures, suggested activities, study questions, true or false exercises, chapter summaries, chapter objectives, review of vocabulary, and self-assessment activities. ...
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You Shall Know Our Velocity: Or, Sacrament
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Dave Eggers
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Mining History and Geology of Joshua Tree National Park: San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California
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Margaret R Eggers, PH.D. (Editor)
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Away We Go: A Screenplay
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Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida
The first original screenplay by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, AWAY WE GO is the new movie direcetd by Academy Award(R) winner Sam Mendes. Longtime couple Verona (Maya Rudolph) and Burt (John Krasinski) are expecting a baby, and the impending child's only living grandparents are moving to--where else--Belgium. So Burt and Verona head out on the ...
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Physical chemistry
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David F Eggers
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Working Woman's World
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John Eggers, Maia Lacher, Debbie Dingerson
This hilarious book by the authors of Mrs. Webster's Dictionary and Mrs. Murphy's Laws help you navigate through the pitfalls of the workplace.
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